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On 7 September 2007, however, the company announced that it intended to fly all future Hawk
Advanced Jet Trainer aircraft from Brough to Warton at a rate of two per month. On 28 January 2008, flying resumed with the take-off of a demonstration version of the Hawk. At the end of April 2009, an
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A £2.5 billion deal to provide
Typhoons and Hawks to Oman extended Brough's work backlog to 2016, with hopes of further lucrative export deals to come.
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25:Airport in Brough, East Riding of Yorkshire
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479:Data current as of October 2006. Source:
371:In the 1960s, the company became part of
295:) was a private use aerodrome located at
194:Location in the East Riding of Yorkshire
661:Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust
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317:Blackburn Aeroplane & Motor Company
315:The site was first used in 1916 by the
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601:"Joint Strike Fighter Arrives in UK"
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633:. 22 December 2012. Archived from
573:"Flights resumed at aircraft base"
338: – including local
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495:at Great Circle Mapper. Source:
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551:"The Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer"
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457:"Airport information for EGNB"
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603:. Royal Navy. Archived from
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437:Hull University Air Squadron
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357:transport aircraft and the
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1036:Airports in Yorkshire
398:are built at Brough.
388:BAE Harrier jump jets
120:12 ft / 4 m
344:James "Ginger" Lacey
148:53.71972°N 0.56639°W
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359:Blackburn Buccaneer
323:for the testing of
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641:21 February
611:21 February
585:13 February
384:BAE Systems
319:during the
151: /
139:000°33′59″W
126:Coordinates
94:BAE Systems
1005:Categories
969:Whitchurch
954:Rockingham
859:Brooklands
844:Birmingham
818:Snetterton
557:21 October
443:References
392:BAe Warton
382:and later
350:biplanes.
136:53°43′11″N
939:Longridge
929:Ingliston
904:Fersfield
894:Elvington
884:Davidstow
869:Catterick
849:Blandford
778:Knockhill
325:seaplanes
217:Direction
978:Proposed
964:Thornaby
959:Rufforth
944:Lulsgate
823:Thruxton
773:Goodwood
733:Anglesey
666:22 April
657:"Brough"
469:cite web
396:BAe Hawk
340:Spitfire
274:Source:
224:Surface
100:Location
90:Operator
914:Gamston
854:Boreham
808:Pembrey
783:Llandow
728:Aintree
721:Current
336:The Few
311:History
305:England
247:Asphalt
221:Length
205:Runways
85:Private
77:Summary
949:Ouston
924:Ibsley
889:Debden
864:Brough
832:Former
788:Lydden
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519:30 May
297:Brough
259:2,070
253:06/24
243:3,458
240:1,054
237:12/30
104:Brough
18:Brough
899:Epynt
753:Croft
497:DAFIF
481:DAFIF
276:DAFIF
263:Grass
668:2020
643:2013
613:2013
587:2008
559:2008
535:ISBN
521:2021
475:link
293:EGNB
289:ICAO
256:631
188:EGNB
116:AMSL
67:EGNB
63:ICAO
56:none
52:IATA
232:ft
164:Map
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